The making of a Rotten public image
To be told ‘I’m your mother’ by a complete stranger was a very, very strange thing, says John Lydon of the meningitis that cost him his memory and shaped ‘every single thing about me’
From office parties to the Grammys
An unlikely encounter between Jools Holland and a man in a pub in Sheffield set Imelda May on the way to a rewarding career after more than 20 years of performing. How is the Dublin singer handling her success?
Rock/Pop »
Festivals? A waste of a good field
As the hordes prepare to descend on Stradbally for the Electric Picnic, one man who won’t be pitching his tent and pulling on his wellies is Seán Kenny
Packed for the Picnic?
Seven sleeps till Stradbally: ahead of Electric Picnic next weekend, TONY CLAYTON-LEA puts five festival performers through their paces
Classical »
Classical music - it's more than Led Zeppelin for the newly posh
Why are the public so ignorant about classical music? Well, perhaps it’s because of the bombastic substitutes they’ve been served up in recent years by radio stations, concert halls and recording companies that are determined not to be ‘elitist’, argues Enda O’Doherty
- Joanna Macgregor (piano), Ulster Orchestra/jane Glover
Ulster Hall, Belfast Tonight 7.45pm Adm free 0044-370901122
CATHERINE LEONARD (VIOLIN), UO/KENNETH MONTGOMERY
Ulster Hall, Belfast Tues 1.05pm Adm free 0044-3709011227
Jim Carroll | On The Record »
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- EP10: timetables for main music stagesLet the fuming about clashes begin. Don’t forget there are also acts playing on the Body & Soul...
- Guest post – Alison Curtis – women on the wirelessAlison Curtis is a DJ on Today FM who currently does the 5-7am early breakfast show on the station...
News »
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